Please say more!! Reading Paul Tillich literally brought me back to the faith after being going through an agnostic atheist period

Here is our bishop, Austin Rios, leading us in songs of protest and faith, in front of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco for #NoKings day. ⚓️

Funny because I thought they hated “globalism” 😂

Sending you a virtual hug

“DUALISM which I reject because I’m the polar opposite” is underrated 😂💯

You will be a wonderful dad, seeing as you’ve already got the jokes

UNION FOREVER

-St. Paul

It’s only a mortal sin if they’re from Chicago. People from other cities have invincible ignorance so it’s just a venial sin

“Postmillennial eschatology” probably makes it seem more formal and theological than I intend. I just believe humanity is ultimately headed towards a future of perfect charity, justice, and truth, and so doctrinal truth and institutional reunion are part of that!

Not at all, I really enjoy it too! We’re a lot closer in viewpoint than one might have thought, and any differences probably lie in a different issue entirely - “what is it reasonable to hope the future might be like?”

And there is *some* historical (contingent, non-divine) precedent for that president to be the Bishop of Rome, therefore it *might* be desirable for them to regain that office again, assuming all of the other preconditions I mentioned are met first.
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It is merely pragmatic: a visible institution requires some kind of president, I believe the united universal church will be a visible institution, therefore it must have a president.

(Addendum: I do not view this hypothetical arrangement, in which Rome presided over a reunited universal church, to be divinely ordained, as you yourself point out the historical contingency and gradual nature of that development even in the first centuries.

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[If the reader is Lutheran, then they would substitute “Lutheran/evangelical catholic” for “Reformed” above.] The important thing is I am confident that whatever the truth ultimately turns out to be, the Holy Spirit will lead the whole church to it, and reunite it institutionally around this truth.

Combined with Claim 2, the conclusion is that the whole visible institution which is the Catholic Church would be a Reformed institution.

The conclusion then is that Rome too will also become Reformed Protestant (assuming Reformed Protestantism is indeed the true, scriptural doctrine).